Series 2 Club – Milestones

Winter 1984		“The Series Two Club” was conceived and founded by Ross Floyd (mem no. 1). “It seemed logical to start a club, which I did in the winter of 1984.” Subs were: UK £6, Europe £9, Overseas £12 with a £2.50 joining fee. Founder vehicle was Ross Floyd’s XHR 370, a 1961 SII 88” Truck cab.
Winter 1985		First ever issue of the club newsletter.
December 2nd 1989		Now “Incorporated” into “The Series Two Club Limited” a company limited by guarantee. Frank Myatt – Chairman & Membership Secretary, Ross Floyd – Secretary, Jerry Bright – Treasurer, Gordon Lord – Technical Secretary, David Dutton – Shop Manager.
March 16th 1991		92 members. Subs now £9 with a £3 joining fee, other rates pro rata. Ross Floyd – Vice President, Frank Myatt – Secretary.
May 25th 1991		Postal vote for committee members, Ross Floyd – Chairman, Vice President’s post deleted.
March 21st 1992		AGM – 188 members, Ross Floyd – Chairman, Jerry Bright – treasurer, Frank Myatt – Secretary, Peter Lamb – Editor.
April 24th 1993		AGM – 278 members.
May 29th 1994		Approaching 300 members. Paul Hanbury – Vice Chairman.
April 29th 1995		AGM – nearly 300 members. Helen Lippitt persuaded to become Editor.
April 20th 1996		AGM – 286 members. Paul Hanbury – Chairman, Steve Dowling – Vice Chair.
July 1997		AGM – nearly 300 members. Steve Dowling- Chairman, Chris Bentley – Vice Chairman, David Dutton – Vehicle Registrations Officer. Subs were set at £13 in line with other clubs.
September 1997		“Clasped Hands” Series II Club Hinge logo suggested by Roger Horne’s daughter, Sarah. New club logo approved by the committee to be used on all club regalia.
March 1998		First issue of club magazine as “Built Two Last” – 42 pages. Named by Jackie Dutton in a competition for best name. Printed by Hedgerow Print, Crediton.
April 18th 1998		AGM -360 members. Club now organised into 12 local “Areas”. Peter Hopkins takes over as editor of B2L
September 1998		Laurence Mitchell – Secretary elect.
March 1999		First club e-mail address – [email protected].
April 17th 1999		AGM – 439 members. Frank Myatt – Life President, Chris Bentley – Chairman, Laurence Mitchell – Secretary, Paul Hanbury – Treasurer.
May 4th 1999		Frank Wyatt passed away.
October 13th 1999		Historic Vehicle Database started by Norman Smith
April 15th 2000		AGM – 674 members.
June 2000		Club’s first website created by Eric Leuzinger at “ www.series2club.org.uk”.
Late 2000		Club’s first internet forum started by Eric Leuzinger, hosted by MSN community.
April 14th 2001		AGM – 764 members.
July/August 2001		Internet forum host changed to “ALXnet”.
October 27th 2001		735 members. Steve Howard – Secretary elect, Eric Leuzinger – Treasurer elect,
April 20th 2002		Laurence Mitchell (Secretary) passed away at the AGM. 800 members. Brian Crelling – Chairman, Andrew Turford - Vice Chairman; Catriona Crelling - Editor.
October 19th 2002		731 members. Club name change to “The Series 2 Club Limited”. Domain name change to “series2club.co.uk”.
November 2002		Internet forum host changed to “Ezboard”, started by Alan Jones (Wittsend). Winter B2L a massive 60 pages, most issues averaging 48/50 pages.
May 4th 2003		AGM – 890 members.
September 6th 2003		* 1000th member joined at the LRO Peterborough show. * B2L now printed by LeverPress Ltd. Ipswich. Mark Rumsey – Technical Officer.
February 2004		991 members.
April 24th 2004		AGM, Avril Anderton – becomes the first Membership Secretary.
June 2004		Received the “One Millionth Hit” on the Ezboard forum.
August 2004		Now averaging 100+ posts per day with 500+ forum members.
August 2004		First “International Rally” at Sibbertoft, Leicestershire. Up to now the main club gathering had been at the ARC Nationals or at the Billing Land Rover Show.
September 2004		1022 members.

Winter 2004		The 1st Series 2 Club Time Line published in B2L.
Summer 2005		2nd International Rally – Sibbertoft. 1134 members. Voted in office at the AGM :- Andrew Turford – Chairman, Eric Leuzinger – Vice Chairman, Vaughan Hartridge – Treasurer.
November 2005		Forum moved to its current SMF Format Membership 1173
July 2006		First Leafers at t’Pit show
August 2006		3rd International Rally – Colney Green, West Midlands. Still the best attended Rally with some 90 units booked in. Memorable for the West Midlands Area rendition of the “Grease” musical. First version of the Club rules adopted at the AGM
Winter 2006		Subs £20 single, £23 Family, Overseas £25 & £28 with £5 joining fee.
August 2007		4th International Rally – Kelmarsh, the wettest rally ever! Mark Rumsey – Chairman, Chris Bentley – Vice Chairman, Ben Stock - Membership Secretary, Andy Cresswell – Editor. Forum membership 900, approx. with approx. 255 club members.
November 2007		Membership at now stands at 1173
August 2008		5th International Rally – returns to Sibbertoft Membership classes now rationalised - Single level of membership £21 for UK, £25 overseas with £5 joining fee.
August 2009		6th International Rally – Fakenham, Norfolk. Bob Sutton – Chairman, Mike Buss – Secretary.
December 2009		25th Anniversary of the founding of the club.
August 2010		7th International Rally – Lake District Alys Rackham Wyatt – Editor, Dave Snape – Membership Secretary, Dave Barker - Historical Records Officer. Membership now at 1295
Autumn 2010		* B2L goes full colour * B2L printed by Lavenham Press, Lavenham, Suffolk.
August 2011		8th International Rally – Dorset Jon Hayes – Chairman, Jules Thorne – Vice Chairman, Hazel Smeeth – acting Secretary, Dan Clements – Advertising Manager.
Decmeber 2011		1360 Members
May 26th 2012		Death of Mark Rumsey - Technical Officer
August 2012		9th International Rally – Ripon, North Yorkshire AGM - Chairman - Jon Hayes, Eric Leuzinger - Vice Chair, Alex Thorpe - Technical Officer, Dan Clements - Editor Mark Rumsey "Spirit of the Club Award" presented to Alan Jones

Winter 2012		* 100th Issue of Built Two Last published * Club membership stands at 1400, Subs are £21 and £25 for overseas + £5 joining fee. 1500 forum members, approx. 500 of whom are club members. 630 members registered for the members section on the website. The Vehicle Database Research Area on the website is launched after work by Dave Barker, Avril Arbuckle is Vehicle Database Officer
August 2013		10th International Rally - Hole Park, Kent Mark Rumsey "Spirit of the Club Award" presented to John Keane

Winter 2013		Acting Chairman - Alan Jones. Joining fee of £5 dropped. Membeship approx 1475

August 2014		11th International Rally - Hatton Country World, Warwick.
		AGM - The clubs adopts new rules and restructuring. A Board of Directors appointed to manage the Club. Chairman - Alan Jones, Secretary - Hazel Smeeth, Treasurer - Simon Barden, after 10 years of service from Vaughan Hartridge, Areas Manager - Karin Quarrie, Editor - Steve Britch. Membership approx 1575. Mark Rumsey "Spirit of the Club Award" presented to Roger Horne

August 2015		12th International Rally - Fakenham, Norfolk. AGM - New Board of Directors appointed. Joint Chairmen - Gene Maxwell & Brain Clements, Secretary - Mark Barnes, Treasurer - Ondrej Pavelka, Editor - Dan Clements. 1650 members Subs £21 UK, £26 Overseas. Mark Rumsey "Spirit of the Club Award" presented to Alan Jones
Winter 2015		Forum has 2300 users, approx 450 are S2C members. 86% of members have an S2C member web account. The club now has an active Facebook & Twitter presence on the Internet.
Summer 2016		International Rally held at Kirklinton Hall, Cumbria. Mark Rumsey "Spirit of the Club Award" presented to David Dutton for long services to the club, latterly as our VRO.

Winter 2016		Ros Woodham appointed Editor of B2L. Magazine given a face lift and name change to "B2L". Club membership stands at 1750, fees remain at £21 & £26 (overseas).
Summer 2017		International Rally held at Hole Park, Kent.
October 2017		AGM held at Midland Air Museum, Coventry. Gene Maxwell is chairman. Membership stands at 1793.
Summer 2018		Club Rally hosted at Wing Hall, Rutland. Our best ever attended rally with 100 bookings!

Autum 2018		AGM returned to the Midland Air Museum, Coventry. Membership at 1900. Subs remain the same at £21 & £26 for overseas, unchanged for 10 years! The Mark Rumsey Spirit of the Club award was presented jointly to Andy Parker & Edryd Coleman for their successful club displays at the NEC Classic Car Shows.

June 2019		The club annual rally was held in Devon. Another very successful event with 75 bookings.
October 2019		AGM hosted at the JLR Classic Works, Covnetry, CV8 3LF. Dave Snape retired after many years service to the club as Membership Secretary.He was presented with a tankard and life membership of the club. Gene Maxwell reties as Chairman to take on this role, overseeing the introduction of a new online membership system - Crossmember. Club membership stands at 1995. Subs remain unchanged. The Mark Rumsey Spirit of the Club Award was presented to Chris Gregson for his work on setting up the new vehicle register of chassis and parts number and his work with the VRO. The Board appointed 2 new Directors, Gary Gosney & Richard Gosling. Alan Jones retired as Director. John Stokes was selected as the new Club Chairman.

November 2019		John Stokes resigns as Chairman for personal reasons. The Board appoint deputy Alex Bywaters as Chairman and Peter Holden as his deputy.
December 2019		We end the year on around 1900 members. The new membership system is still settling down.

March 2020		The Covid-19 virus pandemic halts all club activities and Land Rover events during the lockdown period.

April 3rd		Chris Gregson passed away after a long illness. He was a Director and assistant VRO. He was instrumental in setting up the new Vehicle Database enabling the VRO to more accurately date vehicles.
June		Because of the COVID-19 pandemic all club events are cancelled. The 2020 Club Rally at Ripon will be held over to 2021.
End of year summary		The AGM is postponed - the 2020 AGM will be held on Jan 24th 2021 via Zoom. B2L is awarded Best Club Magazine at the Classic & Sports Car virtual awards ceremony Club membership is 2239 and membership fees remain for the 13th year, at £21 UK and £26 for overseas members.

2021		Julie Stock, Postal Secretary & Anglia Area rep passed away 21st January, a Covid-19 victim.
		Club's 2020 AGM held on January 24th by Zoom, 40 members logged in - deemed a success.
August 2021		The Club's Annual Rally (Ripon) postponed from last year due to the Covid-19 lockdown took place with over 80 bookings.

2021 End of year summary		Club membership now at 2473. 2021 AGM held via Zoom. Club finances are sound and membership fees remain the same for the 14th year at £21 UK and £26 for overseas Members. At the AGM 4 Directors retired, we now have a new Shows Officer, Ian Garner and we have 2 new posts. Rob Maude is the Historic Vehicles Officer and Vicky Turner is our Communications & Outreach Officer.

2022		Early in the year we passed the 2500 member mark. Successful Annual Rally at Cheddar, Somerset.
End of 2022
Summary		Membership now at 2607

2023